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Jessica Beauchemin
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11/25/2017
Hiking trail in Lava Beds National Monument.
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
11/25/2017
Entering Skull Cave.
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
11/25/2017
Opening to Skull Cave.
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
11/25/2017
Be sure to bring a light into deep, dark, Skull Cave.
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
11/25/2017
Rock texture outside Skull Cave.
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
11/25/2017
Desert sweet.
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
11/25/2017
On the way to Symbol Bridge and Painted Cave.
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
11/25/2017
Look closely: Can you see the pika?
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
11/25/2017
View of Schonchin Butte.
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
11/25/2017
Juniper on top of Symbol Bridge.
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
11/25/2017
Symbol Bridge.
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
11/25/2017
Petroglyphs at Symbol Bridge.
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
11/25/2017
That photo is not sideways. A view looking up at a juniper tree from beneath Symbol Bridge.
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
11/25/2017
Clouds above the Lava Beds National Monument.
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
11/25/2017
Big Painted Cave.
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
11/25/2017
Stone steps entering Big Painted Cave.
Jessica Beauchemin
Photo Date:
11/25/2017
Wildlife at Lava Beds National Monument.